Example sentences of "you have been [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some might say that you 'd been given a job and failed to do it . |
| 2 | It would n't matter if you 'd been promised a king 's ransom if you achieved a lucky jump to the scorpion . |
| 3 | Now you can work out for yourselves that if you 'd been betting a pound on each of those horses you 'd have finished up substantially down . |
| 4 | All this time you 've been living a dream , and now you 've seen that dream in the flesh you torment yourself even more . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not just what you wrote that hurts us , Lizzy , it 's the way you 've been living a lie all this time . ’ |
| 6 | The argument that if you 've been born a tortoise , it is difficult to become a hare because some official insists , is flawed , though the imposing of fines must be done in a responsible manner and not by self-appointed officials with heavy-handed habits . |
| 7 | . You 've been using a brush instead of a spatula for spreading glue . |
| 8 | Suppose , for example , you 've been given a problem to work on by one of your teachers . |
| 9 | And er you 've been given a document by the county and you 'll take your own view on that . |
| 10 | If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced . |
| 11 | You 've been given a reprieve . |
| 12 | Puts them on notice that you 've been to see a solicitor . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think this man was a cousin at all , indeed , I think you 've been harbouring a criminal from jail . ’ |
| 14 | When you 've been driving a car , and hirpling about on motorbikes using L plates , as aged car users are allowed to with anything under 125cc or possessing a sidecar , you think you know it all . |
| 15 | The very first film I made with Roy he took me to one side and he said ’ you 've been working a lot in the theatre and you 're playing to the back row of the the dress circle which is right for the theatre . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Who wants to work when you 've been offered a holiday ? ’ she asked . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've been having a nightmare , that 's all , ’ said Florrie . |
| 18 | Good , good getting hard this is n't it when you 've been having a holiday and you thought you were gon na have a nice play and we 're doing all this hard work . |
| 19 | ‘ You 've been talking a lot , ’ she said aggressively . |
| 20 | Well you , you 've been doing a lot just recently , the last few days |
| 21 | ‘ You 've been making a fool of yourself , dripping around like some lovesick teenager . |
| 22 | ‘ You 've been making a lot of noise ’ , the mining man is alleged to have said . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've been making a meal of me with your eyes all evening ! ’ |
| 24 | Romano 's tone was coolly implacable , ‘ If you had been wearing a safety-line , there would have been no accident , ’ he added evenly , goading her temper even further . |
| 25 | You can expect ructions at home if you have been taking a partner for granted recently . |
| 26 | If you have been using a code driven system then it 's likely that you can drive alternative systems directly ; GO Graphics ' Deskset talks to Compugraphic systems , for example . |
| 27 | ‘ I said to him ‘ Is n't that because you have been labelled a gangster who fights , and is a total embarrassment . |
| 28 | ‘ You have been doing a job . |
| 29 | It is possible that your local authority may ask you to audition for them after you have been offered a place . |
| 30 | This may occur if you have been playing a game or using a program that has somehow corrupted your system files . |